The first volume of the two-volume monograph presents in a systematic way the perception of criminal punishment as a legal and social institution of a procedural nature. The intention of the presented culturally integrated theoretical approach is to conduct analyses in an interdisciplinary manner that makes possible the integration of various types of social science knowledge, which can be used for the purposes of widely understood penal practices. A new classifi cation of the theory and criticism of punishment is also connected with the culturally integrated perspective. The author, referring to contemporary research and concepts with particular emphasis on the scientifi c literature of the Anglo-Saxon cultural circle and taking into account the Polish tradition of penology studies, analyses the results of his own research on criminal punishment conducted in a systematic way since 1997, which formed the basis for the development of the theoretical framework of culturally integrated penology.

Praca jest bezsprzecznie cenna i wejdzie do kanonu kształcenia penologów, kryminologów i prawników. Wartościowe jest całościowe ujęcie, przekrojowość, erudycyjność, przybliżenie wątków rzadko podejmowanych, uporządkowanie terminologiczne, krytyka upraszczających ujęć w nauce polskiej.
z recenzji dr. hab. Wojciecha Zalewskiego, prof. UG